Mozilla recently hosted an internal event in Portland. During the gathering, Mozilla’s VP of Firefox, Jonathan Nightingale, reportedly told those in attendance that they need to be where users are so they are going to get Firefox on iOS.

The admission was later confirmed by Mozilla in a brief blog post in which they said they want to provide an independent choice for users on any platform. The post further noted that they are in the early stages of experimenting with “something that allows iOS users to be able to choose a Firefox-like experience.”

The verbiage used in the post is interesting – they don’t come right out and say it – but was likely chosen due to the early nature of the experiment.

Mozilla’s previous concerns are not without merit as Apple is very restrictive in terms of third-party browser engine use in iOS. Chrome, for example, works on iOS because it uses Apple’s own JavaScript and rendering engines. Opera, meanwhile, renders sites on an external server before sending the results back to the user.

Mozilla promised to provide additional updates when they have more to share.